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Old 05-02-2010, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by AndyJWest View Post
I think Grumman may have inadvertently done a great service to the historical understanding of WWII. By discouraging concentration on the easiest market - US 'planes that won the war', and instead forcing 1C:Maddox and later TD to look at a broader range of aircraft, they have effectively counteracted the 'Tom Hanks' factor that reduces the entire period to a simplistic morality tale. Of course 1C:Maddox were trying to run counter to this from the start, but the threat of legal action if they followed the Hollywood line helped keep them on their course.
Maybe in the future, but not in IL2. The Grumman planes were already in the sim when 1C:MG shot themselves in the foot with bad legal advice.